Simple shell script that reads output of df, I'd imagine. Could add a file to the .xinitrc (that deletes itself after viewing) that brings up browser with a little "you are about to run out of space, please do the following" or some such.
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Theresa Kehoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I'm going to be in the shop tonight doing a wiki tutorial. When it's > > over I plan on doing a couple of tasks in the shop. Is there anything > > pressing that needs to be done? If not, I was thinking of creating a > > new Debian image for the next round of EAC machines. > > The downside to "digest" version of the list posts, I guess, is that I > didn't get this until Thursday morning. > > If you have already made the new image then never-mind ... if not, there > was a situation last Saturday, where a student from late last year > brought in her computer, which wouldn't boot up. > > The disk was completely full. Matthew deleted a few things which > allowed it to boot all the way into the GUI, and then we explained to > the student that she had to go through and delete some files to avoid > running out of room. > > In her case, the hard disk was 6GB; the OS and all its bits takes about > 3GB, so all she has for data storage is 3GB (which is pretty standard > for our students). > > Is it feasible to modify the Debian image so that /home/student is a > separate partition? > > Does anyone know if there is a way that Debian can warn a user when the > partition is getting close to 100% full? > > Thanks, > > Theresa > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
